Super-Size Truck Brakes

Super-Size Truck Brakes TRUCKS Miscellaneous 30-6-39 Need better braking than you get with your stock brakes? You can increase brake torque by up to 36 percent over stock brakes with a heavy-duty brake system from Stainless Steel Brakes Corporation (SSBC). The company offers disc brake conversions and upgrade kits for a wide variety of trucks, performance cars, SUVs and Jeeps. But, if a simple upgrade is what you're looking for, SSBC's Quick Change kit for trucks may do it. The kit includes new brake pads, hardware and a pair of Tri-Power calipers with three stainless steel pistons instead of the one or two found on stock brakes. "They distribute clamping power more evenly across the entire pad when braking, producing less pad deflection," says Mark Christenson, marketing manager, SSBC. "With one or two piston calipers, the outer ends of the pads can be pushed away from the rotor due to extreme heat. This effectively reduces your stopping ability." Christenson understands the importance of good truck brakes. He grew up on a dairy farm in upstate New York and recalls using the farm truck to pull wagons loaded with 145 hay bales. "I cringe when I think of how much strain that extra weight put on the truck brakes on even the smallest hill," he says. Another feature of SSBC brakes is they are designed to fit stock wheels. Many after-market brake upgrades include larger-than-stock rotors, points out Christenson. Installing them requires installing larger wheels and tires, significantly increasing upgrade cost. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Stainless Steel Brakes Corporation, 11470 Main Road, Clarence, N.Y. 14031 (ph 716 759-8666; toll free 800 448-7722; fax 716 759-8688; info@ssbrakes.com; www.ssbrakes.

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